Unit 2 Week 4 Reading/Writing

What is the habitat of Gila monsters?

• the forest

• the plains

• the desert

• the mountains

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

What makes Gila monsters difficult to study?

• It is hard to get near them because they are aggressive

• It is hard to tell them apart because they look so much alike

• It is hard to follow them because they spend so much time hunting

• It is hard to find them because they spend so much time in burrows

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which best describes why the author wrote “Tracking Monsters”?

• to describe some of the wonders of the Saguaro Desert

• to introduce technologies that are used to study animals

• to explain why Gila monsters are wroth studying and protecting

• to compare and Gila monsters to others types of reptiles

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RL.4.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

The text says that Gila monsters are nocturnal, which means that they —

• are active mostly at night

• eat both plants and animlas

• live in underground burrows

• do not have a permanent home

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is a question about Gila monsters that scientists have been unable to answer?

• How often do Gila monsters eat

• How large do Gila monsters grow

• When are baby Gila monsters born

• Are baby Gila monsters hatched from eggs

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What word means equiment that makes and sends electromagnetic waves that carry messages?

• transmitter

• iconic

• nocturnal

• burrows

• fragmented

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

What word means awake and active at night?

• transmitter

• iconic

• nocturnal

• burrows

• fragmented

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

What word means famous, popular, and representative of a place or time?

• transmitter

• iconic

• nocturnal

• burrows

• fragmented

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What word means holes, or tunnels dug by animals as places to live?

• transmitter

• iconic

• nocturnal

• burrows

• fragmented

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What word means broken into pieces?

• transmitter

• iconic

• nocturnal

• burrows

• fragmented

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.4.4